If the aim was to avoid a general strike on Friday 17 November through compromise, the aim failed miserably. The meeting held today, Tuesday, November 14, between the Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, Matteo Salvini, and the union parties ended in failure.
The words of Uil secretary Ronzulli leave no room for interpretation: “It was a short meeting, Minister Salvini did not make any openings and confirmed his position and we confirmed our position: we will continue on our strike path. The measure will begin in a while” In a few hours Salvini will send us the order But we approve the attack.”
“We confirm the reasons for the strike and, above all, the nature of the general strike that we have declared. We believe that the reasons remain valid.” But CGIL’s confederal secretary, Maria Grazia Gabrielli, says “reasons that do not seem to be equally controversial. Instead, I believe that this is the main theme that should be placed at the center of the country’s political agenda.”
Neither CGIL leader Maurizo Landini nor UIL leader Pierpaolo Bombardieri attended the meeting called by Salvini, and the distances between the two parties appear wider than ever.
Ministry focuses on precautionary measures
The Ministry of Transport also announced that it would take action to limit the strike hours: “In a short time and certainly by midnight, MIT will send the official letter regarding the reduction of the public transport strike planned to be held on Friday, November 17 to 4 hours. In an official note, the Ministry of Transport stated that the unions’ observations of the Guarantor “Except for the weather, where he later announced that he had changed his mind,” he said. The government’s goal is to limit the strike to the time period from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.; The unions do not fully agree on this issue. A measure also based on the opinion of the Strike Guarantor, who expressed his negative opinion regarding the legitimacy of the general strike promoted by CGIL and UIL.
Interim injunction is an extraordinary administrative measure by which the competent authority requires the termination of the strike. The right to strike is clearly fundamental in our constitution, but this provision can be signed by the Prime Minister or his ministers if there is a “justifiable danger of serious and imminent harm to the constitutionally guaranteed rights of the person”. “Resulting from interruption or change in the operation of the service”. In case of a strike, there is a risk of heavy fines from both workers and unions.
And Maurizio Landini’s comment on the feared measure is clear: “It is clear to everyone that if they come to this type of action, it will be an attack not directly on the union, but on the freedom rights of the people and citizens. The leader of the CGIL “I agree with the strike when they are not ” said.
Unions have now confirmed the strike. After the press conference of the three unions tomorrow afternoon, Wednesday, November 15, we will have more information about what will actually happen in the light of the government’s official counter-moves. For now, the unions have approved a general strike, so any inconvenience citizens may face is still on the table.
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Emma Fitzgerald is an accomplished political journalist and author at The Nation View. With a background in political science and international relations, she has a deep understanding of the political landscape and the forces that shape it.
